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Politics

Key Resources

Reference
Catalogue searching

The catalogue is the key to the collection, use it to find primary resources such as books, exam papers, journals and audiovisual items. Finding items in the library catalogue will help you refine your searching

A keyword search can help you find items on a specific topic, and can be achieved by using a combination of terms. Keyword searching searches the whole record, for example, the search refugees asylum australia will find records containing ALL those words. Keyword searching tips

Journals

Journal articles are a good source of current information on your topic. The library has a wide variety of print and online journals and newspapers. Check the catalogue for print and or electronic holdings . Some examples of key journals which may be useful to you are:

Australian

AQ, journal of contemporary analysis
Arena magazine
Australian journal of politics and history
Australian journal of political science

American

American journal of political science
American political science review
Washington monthly

Asian

Asian Survey
Contemporary Southeast Asia
China journal
Australian journal of international affairs

Latin America

Latin American perspectives
Latin American regional reports

Middle Eastern

The Middle East
Middle East policy
Washington report on Middle East affairs

Political theory

Political theory
Theory and event
Thesis eleven


Online Journal databases (full text)